two things: I have three girlfriends of 15 years, and long ago we dubbed ourselves the "Hot Buttered Mamas". it has become a tradition to gift each other with butter dishes whenever possible. I'm with you on that one.
Secondly, The Middle Place has become the book I force upon my friends, with a packet of tissues. I simply loved that book, and it made me long for a Greenie of my own too! I have so many paged dog-eared, so that I never forget some of her wisdom...

Every now and then, I have a good idea, either to do something, make something, read something, repeat something—you get the picture, yes? Sometimes, they are very obvious things that most of you know, and are all, "Um, thanks, Cathy. Have you left the house in, oh, say the last 10 years?" Never...

(Note: if you are my Mother, you might want to SKIP reading the following post as it involves HAIR that is being CUT, and I know how that... upsets you... You have been warned, Shirley!) My girl got a haircut the other day. Cut and color. She'd been wanting to chop the old locks off for a whi...

i always write down the things that the kids keep coming back to but those lists usually get lost in our cluttered home. i am putting the lists here along w/links as i find them. hopefully this will help me along w/the family members who are wanting to know what chloe and hunter are asking for...